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France – Freelance.com leader leaves group
19 December 2018French online staffing group Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported Director General Claude Tempé will resign from his post, effective Jan. 25, 2019.
Tempé announced his resignation at the Dec. 17-18 board of directors meeting. He plans to devote more time to staffing projects but will continue to support...
UK – New plan for post-Brexit, skills-based immigration system; £30,000 minimum salary
19 December 2018Plans for a new post-Brexit, skills-based immigration system were outlined on Monday by the UK’s Home Office in a white paper report.
For skilled workers, the plans call for removing an annual cap on the number of work visas issued and ending requirements for labour market tests by employers wanting...
Netherlands – YoungCapital acquires bankrupt job board
19 December 2018Jobbird, a bankrupty job board, was acquired by staffing firm YoungCapital, reported Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. It was unknown how many of Jobbird’s 12 employees would transfer to the new owner; financial details were not released, according to De Telegraaf. Jobbird declared bankruptcy earlier this...
UK – Ruling on Uber driver’s ‘worker’ status due today
19 December 2018The Court of Appeal is due to deliver its’ judgment in the appeal against a ruling that Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed independent contractors later today, reports ITV News.
In October, the Court heard Uber’s appeal against the decision of an Employment Appeal Tribunal not to overturn...
UK – Salaries rise in five out of six major industries, APSCo report finds
18 December 2018Salaries rose in five out of six major industries, according to the new trends report produced by SIA for APSCo based on data from November. It also found permanent jobs across the professional staffing sectors rose 4% year over year, although there is evidence of a slowdown compared to previous months....
UK – Growth in perm hiring will outpace growth in temporary positions
18 December 2018Growth in permanent positions will outpace growth in temporary positions for the sixth year in a row, according to the “Employment Trends Survey 2018” released on Monday by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and recruitment firm Pertemps.
It found 42% of UK firms expect to increase recruitment...
Spain – Number of temp contracts converted to perm up 23%: Randstad
18 December 2018The number of temporary employment contracts in Spain that converted to permanent contracts totalled 708,131 from January to October, a year-over-year increase of 23.2%, Randstad Spain reported. It was the largest increase since 2012.
This data shows temporary work is increasingly a bridge to stable employment,...
World – Heidrick report finds 95% of CEO roles are filled by men
18 December 2018The vast majority of CEO positions, 95%, are held by men, according to research by executive search provider Heidrick & Struggles. It also found 67% rose to the CEO role from an internal promotion.
“While the advancement women have made toward the CEO role has gained momentum in recent years, we...
Netherlands – Carrière Uitzendbureau acquires fellow Dutch staffing firm
17 December 2018Dutch staffing firm Carrière Uitzendbureau, the largest brand of Staffing Associates Group, acquired Interactief Groep, a fellow Dutch staffing firm based in Berkel en Rodenrijs. The deal took place 1 December.
Interactief Groep provides temporary workers from Eastern Europe and was founded in 1998
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Netherlands – DPA Group sells shares in engineering consulting firm
17 December 2018DPA Group (DPA: NL), a staffing provider based in Amsterdam, on Monday announced the sale of its shares in engineering consulting firm DPA Cauberg-Huygen Holding to Dolman Investments in an effort to increase its focus on core activities.
Cauberg-Huygen had turnover of €8.2 million in 2017, according...